# ENERGY TRANSFER COMPANY — Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only — incident on 2025-04-21 **Citation:** PHMSA Report 20250046 **Type / status:** incident / historical **Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration **Effective:** 2025-04-21 **Published:** 2025-05-20 Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only incident in NOT WITHIN A MUNICIPALITY, GLASSCOCK County, TX. Reported cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 25 CRUDE OIL released, $8,000 reported property damage. Operator-reported incident data submitted to PHMSA, generally within 30 days. Records may be supplemented or corrected and do not represent final agency causal findings. ## Document text Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only incident in NOT WITHIN A MUNICIPALITY, GLASSCOCK County, TX. Reported cause: EQUIPMENT FAILURE. Reported consequences: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries, 25 CRUDE OIL released, $8,000 reported property damage. Operator-reported incident data submitted to PHMSA, generally within 30 days. Records may be supplemented or corrected and do not represent final agency causal findings. Report number: 20250046. Operator ID: 32099. Reported incident date: 4/21/2025 5:44. Cause detail: PUMP OR PUMP-RELATED EQUIPMENT Cause detail: ON 04/21/25 AT APPROXIMATELY 05:44, LOCAL ET EMPLOYEE NOTIFIED THE CONTROL CENTER THAT THE LACT SEAL HAD FAILED AND PRODUCT WAS ON THE PUMP PAD. THE CONTROLLER IMMEDIATELY PULLED PERMISSIVE ON 2365 - END WTH 20-8 6INCH GATHERING LINE (INTRASTATE - TAC 8.110(A)(3)). IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE BEARING ON THE LACT PUMP FAILED CAUSING THE PUMP TO HEAT TO A DEGREE THAT CAUSED THE MECHANICAL SEAL TO FAIL AND CAUSED PRODUCT TO BE RELEASED. APPROXIMATELY 25 BARRELS OF CRUDE OIL WAS RELEASED. CLEAN-UP CONTRACTORS RECOVERED PRODUCT AND REMOVED CONTAMINATED SOIL. THE LEAK WAS REPAIRED BY REPLACING THE SEAL. THE ACCIDENT IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED ONCE THE ROOT CAUSE FAILURE ANALYSIS IS COMPLETED. SUPPLEMENTAL & FINAL: THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT WAS DUE TO A PUMP-RELATED EQUIPMENT FAILURE. NORMAL WEAR OF THE PUMP BEARINGS CAUSED PUMP TO OVERHEAT LEADING THE SEAL TO FAIL, WHICH ALLOWED PRODUCT TO BE RELEASED. TO PREVENT REOCCURRENCE, A PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE FOR THIS PUMP WILL BE ESTABLISHED, AND PROVIDE TRAINING TO PERSONNEL ON PROPER LUBE OIL LEVEL VERIFICATION. ## Provenance - Official: Yes - Source: - Source ID: `phmsa-pipeline-incidents` - SHA-256: `eede645c9785b85a9aa4d3446d11a2c9e27851c8489e2ad26ec689969f4e92f4` - Retrieved: 2026-08-13T02:01:25.153Z - Exported: 2026-08-22T06:34:29.146Z - Document slug: `phmsa-incident-1cc422aedffd6f3b2273c8a7` ### Source metadata ```json { "recordKind": "pipeline_incident", "datasetType": "hazardous_liquid_gravity", "datasetLabel": "Hazardous liquid gravity and reporting-regulated-only", "datasetPeriod": "Jul 2020_present", "report": { "number": "20250046", "supplementalNumber": "41051", "type": "SUPPLEMENTAL FINAL", "receivedDate": "2025-05-20", "receivedDateRaw": "5/20/2025" }, "operator": { "id": "32099", "name": "ENERGY TRANSFER COMPANY" }, "incident": { "date": "2025-04-21", "dateRaw": "4/21/2025 5:44" }, "location": { "city": "NOT WITHIN A MUNICIPALITY", "county": "GLASSCOCK", "state": "TX", "postalCode": null, "latitude": 31.877997, "longitude": -101.771509, "type": "ORIGINATED ON OPERATOR-CONTROLLED PROPERTY, BUT THEN FLOWED OR MIGRATED OFF THE PROPERTY", "details": {}, "facilityName": null }, "cause": { "category": "EQUIPMENT FAILURE", "details": { "CAUSE_DETAILS": "PUMP OR PUMP-RELATED EQUIPMENT", "NARRATIVE": "ON 04/21/25 AT APPROXIMATELY 05:44, LOCAL ET EMPLOYEE NOTIFIED THE CONTROL CENTER THAT THE LACT SEAL HAD FAILED AND PRODUCT WAS ON THE PUMP PAD. THE CONTROLLER IMMEDIATELY PULLED PERMISSIVE ON 2365 - END WTH 20-8 6INCH GATHERING LINE (INTRASTATE - TAC 8.110(A)(3)). IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE BEARING ON THE LACT PUMP FAILED CAUSING THE PUMP TO HEAT TO A DEGREE THAT CAUSED THE MECHANICAL SEAL TO FAIL AND CAUSED PRODUCT TO BE RELEASED. APPROXIMATELY 25 BARRELS OF CRUDE OIL WAS RELEASED. CLEAN-UP CONTRACTORS RECOVERED PRODUCT AND REMOVED CONTAMINATED SOIL. THE LEAK WAS REPAIRED BY REPLACING THE SEAL. THE ACCIDENT IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED ONCE THE ROOT CAUSE FAILURE ANALYSIS IS COMPLETED. SUPPLEMENTAL & FINAL: THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT WAS DUE TO A PUMP-RELATED EQUIPMENT FAILURE. NORMAL WEAR OF THE PUMP BEARINGS CAUSED PUMP TO OVERHEAT LEADING THE SEAL TO FAIL, WHICH ALLOWED PRODUCT TO BE RELEASED. 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